Reverse Washing- Worth the Hype?

Hey guys!

How are you all?

Recently I've seen lots of posts about reverse washing your hair, for those of you who don't know what that is it is simply putting conditioner on first and then using shampoo last.
The idea behind this is that by shampooing last you remove any residue left from the conditioner and thus help prevent the build up of product on your hair.

If you're like me the amount of types I've gotten out of the shower thinking I've rinsed all the product out of my hair only to start to dry it and discover I still have half a bottle of conditioner in my hair! Ahhhhhhh! This often happens to me on days where I'm running late or my brother has jumped in the shower so I can't run back and wash it out and up trying to hide the conditioned mess in a bun or pony tail! So naturally I was intrigued to find out if reverse washing really was worth all the hype as it would save me from not rinsing out my hair properly.

Last night I tried reverse washing for the first time, and I must admit I wasn't blown away. Firstly putting conditioner on first felt very unnatural and it was like my brain was screaming at me that I was doing life wrong! Once I'd wash the conditioner out my hair felt very soft and untangled as you would expect from using conditioner. Then came the shampoo and again no problems as it is just applied as you normally would however when I turned the water off my hair felt disgusting, it felt very clean as silly as that sounds and it was the compete polar opposite from the smooth conditioned hair I'd had a few minutes before. I felt like I had destroyed my hair, I even contemplated getting back in the shower and to condition my hair again though I decided to see this out. So up to this point I was not convinced that reverse washing was worth doing, however when I dried my hair (after applying heat protection spray) my hair suddenly jumped back to life and was smooth and light and very obviously not weighed down by product. I was now convinced I had just discovered a gem of a hair trick!

Minus the feeling of my wet hair the major down side to reverse washing for me was that my hair tangled really easily and I woke up this morning with really knotty hair that felt rather greasy and needed washing again. (This is unusual for me as I can usually go 2-3 days not washing my hair before it looks/needs a wash as I try not to wash my hair everyday)

In conclusion I was not blown away by reverse washing though may be something I just do every now and again!

Have any of you guys tried reverse washing? What did you think?

Until next time :)


Smile Beautiful :)

Lydia xx